Yamaha P-140 Electronic Keyboard User Manual


 
Recording Your Performance
P-140 Owner’s Manual
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Recording Your Performance
The ability to record and play back what you’ve played on the P-140 keyboard can be an effective
practice aid. You can, for example, record just the left-hand part, and then practice the right-hand
part while playing back the recorded left-hand part. Or, since you can record up to two parts sepa-
rately, you could record the left- and right-hand parts separately, or record both parts of a duet and
hear how they sound when played back. The two-part Song Recorder on the P-140 allows the
recording of up to three User songs (U01-U03) to the instrument.
Recording a performance quickly
This convenient and simple recording method lets you quickly record your performance without
specifying the recording parts — useful, for example, in recording solo piano pieces.
In this way, the performance is automatically recorded to right part.
CAUTION
To avoid erasing previously recorded song(s):
If the song contains data, the part indicator lights up green when you select a song.
Note that recording new data on this part will erase the existing data.
1. Select the voice you want to record (or voices if you
will be using Dual or Split), before you begin to
record.
Make any other desired settings (reverb, effect, etc.) as well. You might also want
to set the volume.
You can also adjust the playback volume using the [MASTER VOLUME] slider.
You can record your performance
(audio data) to an MD recorder or
other recording device via the
AUX OUT jack (page 48).
NOTE
TERMINOLOGY
Recording vs. Saving:
The format of performance data recorded on an MD differs from that of data recorded on the P-140. An
MD records audio signals. The P-140 “saves” information regarding note timing, voices, and a tempo
value, but not audio signals. When you play back recorded songs, the P-140 produces sound based on
the saved information. Therefore, recording on the P-140 may be more accurately called “saving infor-
mation.” However, this book often uses the word “recording” because it seems to make more sense.
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Record mode cannot be engaged
during Demo Song playback.
NOTE